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History · 1997 · UFC 14: Showdown · Joe Moreira vs Yuri Vaulin
From the tape · 27 Jul 1997

Joe Moreira vs Yuri Vaulin

UFC 14: Showdown · Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Result

Joe Moreira beat Yuri Vaulin

Method
Decision - Unanimous
Round
2 of 1
Clock
3:00
LightweightMain cardReferee · John McCarthy

We published no prediction for this bout. Everything on this page is the official record and the tape it was fought on — the result, the round-by-round counts, the judges’ cards where they exist and the sportsbook line where one was published. Our graded calls start in 2026 and live on the public record.

JM
Red corner JoeMoreiraRio de Janeiro
VSOn the tape
YV
Blue corner YuriVaulinRiga
Lightweight1 rounds27 Jul 1997
2-2
Record
0-1
36
Age
−3 yr33
5' 11"
Height
+5″6' 4"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Rio de Janeiro
From
Riga
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Round by round

Every round the fight went, shaded by where the significant strikes actually landed — and the takedowns, control time and knockdowns beside them.

UFCStats · per round

2 rounds of tape

Round 15:00 of action
Joe Moreira6 sig landed
HEAD100%6 of 6BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 of 1
Yuri Vaulin1 sig landed
HEAD100%1 of 4BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
6 of 7
Sig.
strikes
1 of 4
2 of 2
Take-
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:00
Distance 0Clinch 0Ground 6
Where it
happened
Distance 1Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.
Round 23:00 of actionEnded 3:00
Joe Moreira1 sig landed
HEAD100%1 of 2BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed
Yuri Vaulin0 sig landed
HEAD0%0 of 1BODY0%0 landedLEGS0%0 landed

No significant strikes landed — 1 thrown

1 of 2
Sig.
strikes
0 of 1
1 of 1
Take-
downs
0 of 0
0:00
Control
0:00
Distance 0Clinch 0Ground 1
Where it
happened
Distance 0Clinch 0Ground 0
JudgesNo per-round card for this bout in our decisions source, and no totals either.

Significant strikes, takedowns, control time, knockdowns and submission attempts exactly as UFCStats recorded them for this bout, round by round. Zone percentages are that round’s landed head, body and leg counts over their own total — raw arithmetic, nothing modelled or smoothed. A round in which a fighter landed nothing shades empty and reads zero; it is never filled in from the round before.

Judges’ scorecards

The judges’ totals, the media’s cards beside them, and how these judges usually score.

No scorecard record on file

This bout went to a decision, but no judge’s card for it has reached our sources yet. Rather than draw an empty grid, the section says so; it fills in on its own when the record catches up.

The market story

What the market did on the way to the cage — the price, not our model. This bout is settled; the window below is closed.

We hold no market price for this bout — no captured price series, and no opening or closing line in the sportsbook record we fall back on. So there is nothing to show, and we would rather show nothing than draw a line that was never there.

Joe Moreira vs Yuri Vaulin.

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